Family Bible Records
Prior to the civil war - one source helpful to African American researchers can be Family Bible Records of white slave owning families
here is one of the largest collections of bibles with slave records:
https://www.familysearch.org/photos/gallery/album/615926
if any of you know of additional family bible records with slave data - please let me know.
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also check out the Family Bible Index
The Family Bible Index is currently being updated to include even more family bibles
https://yanceyfamilygenealogy.org/family_bible_index.htm
It includes bibles for over 60,000 Surnames and links to over 1/2 million related items.
If you know of family bibles in your family that are not yet included in the index - please let us know so that we can include it in the next update as well as ensure that family bible records are uploaded to FamilySearch Memories - which really is the ultimate goal.
also included in the index are other items of a genealogical value such as SAMPLERS, REGISTER, and FRAKTURS
family.bible.chaser@gmail.com
The Family Bible Index is totally dedicated to making bible records FREE and easily accessible and has no financial motives whatsoever. So far over 50,000 Family Bibles have been uploaded to FamilySearch Memories.
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